Kabul vs Sydney - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 11, 2026

	Kabul	Sydney
🚶 Cost of living one person	$473	$2844
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1051	$6700
🏠 One person rent	$200	$1749
🏘️ Family rent	$280	$3002
🍽️ Food expenses	$163	$597
🚐 Transport expenses	$75.2	$337
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$120	$4145
😷 Air quality	Unhealthy	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	6 km	9 km
🎓 Higher education	33	99
😀 Quality of life	25	98
🏙️ Population	5.33M	5.45M

The cost of living in Kabul is 83% less expensive than in Sydney. Cities ranked 8823rd and 348th ($473 vs $2844) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 3rd and 1st in Afghanistan and Australia, respectively. Check Afghanistan vs Australia comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.3 months in Kabul compared to 1.5 months in Sydney. Kabul ranked 1st best city to live in Afghanistan vs Sydney ranked 2nd in Australia, while ranked 8992nd and 2nd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Kabul vs Sydney

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	Kabul	Sydney
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$2.79	$15.8
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$9.56	$79.7
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$5.12	$11.2
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.79	$7.36
☕ Cappuccino	$1.38	$3.85
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.39	$2.82
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$108	$2123
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$72.2	$1437
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$196	$3835
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$127	$2492
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$35	$123
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$53.5	$190
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$85.8	$51.6
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	12.8%	6.09%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$579	$13218
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$300	$7866
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.19	$3.77
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$12.2	$118
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$6.53	$20.6
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1	$1.37
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.92	$1.84
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.25	$2.46
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.61	$2.13
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.57	$5.78
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.77	$13.9
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.05	$9.78
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.32	$15.8
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.62	$3.56
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.81	$3.1
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.85	$3.24
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.53	$4.66
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.45	$2.86
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.47	$2.53
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.25	$0.82
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.02	$2.8
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$2.07	$15.8
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.87	$4.69
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.79	$24.9
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$3.37	$9.5
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.97	$4.93
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.16	$3.1
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.55	$3.03
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$11.7	$63.4
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$2.45	$16.6
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$15.6	$70.3
💇 Haircut, simple	$3.13	$21.7
👖 Brand Jeans	$15.1	$80.9
👟 Brand Sneakers	$39.8	$111
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$20.2	$2281
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$1540	$21946

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Cities near Kabul

Distance	City	Cost of living
105 km or 65 mi	Gardez	$433
119 km or 74 mi	Jalalabad	$368
129 km or 80 mi	Ghazni	$425
150 km or 93 mi	Khost	$423
163 km or 101 mi	Puli Khumri	$429
223 km or 138 mi	Peshawar	$323
235 km or 146 mi	Kohat	$379
246 km or 153 mi	Kunduz	$454
266 km or 166 mi	Mardan	$370
293 km or 182 mi	Mingora	$369
304 km or 189 mi	Mazar-i-Sharif	$488
336 km or 209 mi	Wah	$360
368 km or 229 mi	Islamabad	$464
369 km or 229 mi	Qurghonteppa	$704
374 km or 232 mi	Rawalpindi	$427
389 km or 242 mi	Sheberghan	$457
425 km or 264 mi	Sargodha	$381
450 km or 280 mi	Tursunzoda	$702
451 km or 280 mi	Dushanbe	$735
451 km or 280 mi	Mirpur	$279
456 km or 284 mi	Mandi Bahauddin	$338
458 km or 285 mi	Kandahar	$463
467 km or 290 mi	Jhang	$302
474 km or 294 mi	Chiniot	$378
476 km or 296 mi	Baramulla	$264
499 km or 310 mi	Gojra	$367
501 km or 312 mi	Hafizabad	$371
503 km or 313 mi	Faisalabad	$348
505 km or 314 mi	Gujrat	$330
517 km or 321 mi	Dera Ghazi Khan	$257
520 km or 323 mi	Srinagar	$353
523 km or 325 mi	Quetta	$298
526 km or 327 mi	Multan	$417
534 km or 332 mi	Sahiwal	$318
536 km or 333 mi	Gujranwala	$308
538 km or 334 mi	Khanewal	$382
546 km or 340 mi	Sialkot	$308
549 km or 341 mi	Sheikhupura	$379
550 km or 342 mi	Kamoke	$326
553 km or 344 mi	Lashkargah	$467

Cities near Sydney

Distance	City	Cost of living
15 km or 9.2 mi	Dee Why	$2379
19 km or 12 mi	Parramatta	$2482
29 km or 18 mi	Kellyville	$2050
29 km or 18 mi	Blacktown	$1710
69 km or 43 mi	Wollongong	$1695
117 km or 73 mi	Newcastle	$1997
158 km or 98 mi	Bathurst	$1699
168 km or 104 mi	Goulburn	$1821
205 km or 127 mi	Orange	$1477
247 km or 154 mi	Canberra	$2223
301 km or 187 mi	Dubbo	$1867
314 km or 195 mi	Port Macquarie	$1796
377 km or 234 mi	Armidale	$1288
378 km or 235 mi	Wagga Wagga	$1583
436 km or 271 mi	Coffs Harbour	$2172
478 km or 297 mi	Griffith	$1824
597 km or 371 mi	Shepparton	$1815
624 km or 388 mi	Byron Bay	$2703
638 km or 396 mi	Traralgon	$1979
683 km or 425 mi	Gold Coast	$2528
689 km or 428 mi	Southport	$2352
695 km or 432 mi	Pakenham	$1896
701 km or 436 mi	Berwick	$1860
706 km or 439 mi	Bendigo	$1487
706 km or 439 mi	Toowoomba	$1766
707 km or 439 mi	Dandenong	$1894
711 km or 442 mi	Ipswich	$1813
711 km or 442 mi	Cranbourne	$1798
713 km or 443 mi	South Yarra	$1829
713 km or 443 mi	Melbourne	$2496
716 km or 445 mi	Sunbury	$1928
724 km or 450 mi	Frankston	$1889
732 km or 455 mi	Melton	$1906
733 km or 455 mi	Brisbane	$2269
735 km or 457 mi	Tarneit	$1822
736 km or 457 mi	Hoppers Crossing	$1854
775 km or 481 mi	Caboolture	$1988
778 km or 484 mi	Geelong	$2217
779 km or 484 mi	Ballarat	$1604
807 km or 502 mi	Caloundra	$1864